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With the beginning of the twentieth century came a new cultural movement in America… . World War I, deemed by President Woodrow Wilson “the war to end all wars” left the United States traumatized as tens of thousands of American families were left without sons, husbands, fathers, and friends. The war ended the recession that had been occurring prior to the start of the Great War, and increased financial prosperity allowed Americans to live lavish lifestyles teeming with cars, moviegoing, speakeasies and jazz. Every attempt was made to fill the voids of human loss with materials and riches, leaving the Roaring Twenties with the fitting nickname of “The Gilded Age.” This gold-masked … prompted writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald
With the beginning of the twentieth century came a new cultural movement in America… . World War I, deemed by President Woodrow Wilson “the war to end all wars” left the United States traumatized as tens of thousands of American families were left without sons, husbands, fathers, and friends. The war ended the recession that had been occurring prior to the start of the Great War, and increased financial prosperity allowed Americans to live lavish lifestyles teeming with cars, moviegoing, speakeasies and jazz. Every attempt was made to fill the voids of human loss with materials and riches, leaving the Roaring Twenties with the fitting nickname of “The Gilded Age.” This gold-masked … prompted writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald